Now that we have three mountains open for the 2013/2014 season (Arapahoe Basin, Loveland, and Wolf Creek), it’s a good time to review the upcoming opening dates for the rest of the state of Colorado. Be sure to check each resorts websites, social media accounts, and sites like cosnow.com, coloradoski.com, and snow.com for the latest […]
Category: Winter Park
Winter Park Resort is Colorado’s longest continually operated ski resort with the newest experiences. Averaging over 320 inches of annual snowfall and 300 days of sunshine, paired with 3,081 acres of award-winning terrain including groomers, terrain parks, deeps, steeps, trees and most definitely world-famous bumps at Mary Jane. Located just 67 miles northwest of Denver, Winter Park Resort is the closest major destination resort to Denver International Airport.
The 5th Grade Passport allows three days of free skiing and the 6th Grade Passport allows four days of skiing for just $99. The twenty member resorts offering the 5th and 6th Grade Passport benefits include: Arapahoe Basin Aspen Highlands Aspen Mountain Buttermilk Copper Mountain Crested Butte Eldora Howelsen Loveland Monarch Powderhorn Purgatory Ski Cooper […]
New this season, Winter Park is offering a new “Cirque Sled,” a snowcat ride that will provide skiers and riders easier access to the Vasquez Cirque. A pass for the 48-passenger Cirque Sled is just $10 and is good for unlimited rides all season long. This will gain visitors over 1,332 acres of off-piste terrain. […]
Resorts re-opening: Copper Mountain, Vail and Breckenridge (4/19-21), Aspen Highlands (4/27-28) Still open until..: Winter Park and Aspen Highlands (4/21), Loveland (5/5), Arapahoe Basin (6/2).
The top-tier season pass from Winter Park, Copper, and Steamboat is now adding a fourth mountain: Monarch. Starting with the 2013/2014 Rocky Mountain Super Pass Plus you’ll get three days at Monarch with no blackout dates. For only $419 this is a great deal if you’re looking for an alternative to the Epic Pass. Learn […]
Winter Park (2013-03-03)
We left Breckenridge early(ish) Sunday morning and made the 90 minute drive (depending on how fast you drive) to Winter Park. We hit US 40 around 10:15 and there was absolutely no traffic, this was a good sign. When we arrived at Winter Park we headed to the free parking behind the cabriolet lift. We […]
Wells Fargo Cup at Winter Park
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Great news! It was only just a few years ago when Google first started equipping snowmobiles with their “Street View” cameras and mapping various resorts. Now a new mountain-based effort has launched and ski resort maps are now on Google Maps. Just pull up the Google Maps app on your smartphone and you’ll see all […]